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Help us promote 1 for All First Amendment Challenge

ASNE's Youth Journalism Initiative encourages editors to promote The 1 for All First Amendment Challenge, a nationwide event among secondary school teachers that spurs First Amendment education.

The 1 for All First Amendment Challenge will recognize the top 40 teachers with a $1,000 prize. Teachers who wish to be considered should submit their lesson plans, activities and student projects at 1forAll.us. Entries will be judged by a panel of journalists and educators and accepted on a rolling basis throughout the 2014-15 school year.

ASNE's Youth Journalism Initiative encourages editors to promote The 1 for All First Amendment Challenge, a nationwide event among secondary school teachers that spurs First Amendment education.

The 1 for All First Amendment Challenge will recognize the top 40 teachers with a $1,000 prize. Teachers who wish to be considered should submit their lesson plans, activities and student projects at 1forAll.us. Entries will be judged by a panel of journalists and educators and accepted on a rolling basis throughout the 2014-15 school year.

"At a time when only one American in 100 can name the five freedoms of the First Amendment, the First Amendment Challenge taps the creativity and commitment of the nation's high school teachers," said Ken Paulson, founder of 1 for All and president of the Newseum Institute's First Amendment Center. "The very best way to protect our freedoms is to embrace them with understanding and insight, and this important educational endeavor should inform and inspire a new generation."

The First Amendment Challenge launch coincides with the fourth anniversary of the 1 for All educational campaign, which began on July 1, 2010, with extraordinary support from more than 1,100 news, educational, arts and religious organizations to build understanding and appreciation of the First Amendment through education and information. 1 For All is a collaborative program of the American Society of News Editors, the First Amendment Center, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the McCormick Foundation and the Newseum Institute.

For more information about 1 for All and the First Amendment Challenge, visit 1forAll.us.